The 2018 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has an attractive, pure bouquet with yellow plum, crushed rocks and chalky scents that emerge with time. Controlled and understated, this grows with aeration. The palate is well balanced with a spicy entry, satisfying depth and vigour with tangy orange peel and ginger notes lending another dimension on the finish. Feisty and a bit untamed, give this time in bottle. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 white tasting. -- Neal Martin

95+ The 2018 Bâtard-Montrachet from Domaine Jean Chartron is also outstanding on both the nose and palate. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a mix of apple, pear, crème patissière, chalky minerality, apple blossoms and a deft framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and shows off outstanding mid-palate depth, with lovely structure and lift, bright acids and excellent length and nascent complexity on the very refined finish. This is great Bâtard in the making!

This white is intense, featuring oyster shell, floral, white peach and apple aromas and flavors. More elegant on the palate than the nose suggests, yet builds to a long aftertaste of citrus and mineral. Shows terrific expression, harmony and length. Best from 2022 through 2030. 95 cases made, 7 cases imported. — BS

(93+ points) The 2018 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is very promising, opening in the glass with a classy bouquet of citrus oil, white peach, beeswax, orange oil and warm bread. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's nicely concentrated and youthfully reserved, with an elegantly seamless profile.- WK